Internet Resources for Leisure and Tourism

• Main Authors: Theobald, William, Dunsmore, H. E.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; Boston Routledge 1999; Taylor and Francis; Butterworth-Henemann; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Hospitality; Internet; Internet (Computer network); Leisure industry; Leisure industry > Computer network resources; Leisure Studies; The Tourism Industry; Tourism; Tourism > Computer network resources; World Wide Web (Information retrieval system); server; netscape; Young Man; Common Gateway Interface; navigator; Campus Wide Information Systems; LISTSERV Program; Shareware Sites; Www Virtual Library; COREC; search; LISTSERV Address; web; engine; Sports Tourism; Library Catalogues; IBM Mainframe; Michigan State University; browser; Usenet Messages; Newsgroup Posting; National Library; email; SBN; Email Message; Usenet Newsgroup; Ohio State University Library; Ftp Site; message; Cap; Generic Top Level Domains; Combine Search Terms; America's Job Bank; page; Sports Tourism International Council
• ISBN: 1138439207; 9781138439207; 9780750646444; 0750646446
• DOI: 10.4324/9780080939155

Internet Resources for Leisure and Tourism is designed to allow students, academics and practitioners within the leisure and tourism fields to get the very most out of the World Wide Web, helping them track down and fully exploit the most useful resources available. This book includes pointers on how to find and utilise, among other things: the latest economic statistics and demographics, information about government agencies and their programs, the content of universities' websites, up-to-the-minute statistics on visitor arrivals and departures, information on forthcoming meetings and conferences, and details of contents in periodicals.Features include: details of interesting sites for content, design and / or specific information notes emphasizing important information about a site shortcuts and easy-to-use methods for performing functions a wide variety of Internet topics - from how to find a provider to how to compress and decompress files that you download. The book is now updated and supported by a new companion website which provides the reader with regular updates about the latest online developments - thus continually keeping them up to speed in what is an exceptionally fast-moving medium.